Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s16.6

v4.c56.s16.6

Perron heard this story from the faithful Major Geslin who had been sent to Delhi: “Bourquien found that he could save his private fortune and escape only by surrendering to the English, a thing which was well nigh impossible without sacrificing his army to his cupidity. So, now, in order to be able to flee without danger, he led the army to believe that he wanted to fight the English,...and made his troops cross the river on the 11th of September and attack the English. But from the commencement of the action, he and the officers who had sided with him in his revolt, took to flight and ultimately gave themselves up as prisoners to the English. Their army, being betrayed and abandoned by its chief and his officers, was easily defeated.” [Martineau, 173.]*